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William Dorsey 1555–1627 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1555

Birth Location: Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 1627

Death Location: Yorkshire, England

Father: 2 Dorsey

Mother: 2 Smith

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Banborough

Children(s): Sir Dorsey

In 1555, William Dorsey entered the world in Yorkshire, England, born to 2 Robert Darcy Dorsey And 2 Margaret Margie Smith. William Dorsey married Elizabeth Banborough, and had children including Sir William Dorsey. William Dorsey passed away in 1627 in Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1555, William Dorsey entered the world in Yorkshire, England, born to 2 Robert Darcy Dorsey And 2 Margaret Margie Smith.
  • William Dorsey married Elizabeth Banborough, and had children including Sir William Dorsey.
  • William Dorsey passed away in 1627 in Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

2 Dorsey
1532–1562
Birth Location: Yorkshire, England
2D
2 Smith
1540–1591
Birth Location: Warter, Yorkshire, England
2S

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Banborough
1556–
Birth Location: Pocklington Yorkshire
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Children(s)

Sir Dorsey
1577–1629
Birth Location: Pocklington Yorkshire
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William Dorsey's Ancestors

Self
William Dorsey
1555–1627
Birth Place: Yorkshire, England
Parents
2 Robert (Darcy) Dorsey
1532–1562
Yorkshire, England
2 (Margaret (Margie)) Smith
1540–1591
Warter, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Lord (Thomas Darcy 1st Baron of Chiche, Knight of) The
1506–1558
St Osyths, Tiptree, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Elizabeth Sarah DE) Vere
1512–1565
Kibblestone, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
2 (@@Ambrose) Smith
1520–1584
Yorkshire, England
2 (@@Johanna) Coe
1520–1601
Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Lady Bourchier
1474–1540
John Vere
1482–1540
Elizabeth Vere
1496–1527
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Dorsey's Descendants

1.
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William Dorsey (1555–1627) m. Elizabeth Banborough (1556–)
  1. 1. Sir (William) Dorsey 1577–1629 m. Lady (Jane) Quartermaine 1577–1599
    1. 1. William Dorsey 1599–1680 m. Lady (Helen, JAMESTOWN,) Slater 1600–1673
      1. 1. Sarah Dorsey 1620–1724 m. Thomas Timms 1618–1675
        1. 1. Amos Timms 1670–1766 m. Martha Vandegasteel 1661–1701
      2. 2. Robert Dorsey 1632–1681
        1. 1. William Dorsey 1666–

William Dorsey's Timeline

2 Records

1555
1555
Birth of William Dorsey in Yorkshire, England
Yorkshire, England
1627
1627
Age 72
Death of William Dorsey in Yorkshire, England
Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1555
    Event Place: Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Pocklington, York, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1627
    Event Place: Yorkshire, England
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